In an interview with NPR, Goodwin said that, in reviewing places hardest hit by opioid abuse and those with strong Trump support, “there was a clear overlap between counties that had high opioid use … and the vote for Donald Trump.”

First Lady Melania Trump emphasized protecting the “most vulnerable” on Monday, issuing a statement in support of new Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) information on accessing state help for treating babies born to opioid-addicted mothers.

Almost 1 million prime-age Americans were dragged out of the 2015 labor force by Chinese-supplied fentanyl, Mexican heroin and U.S-made prescription opioid drugs, says a new report by the American Action Forum, a business-first advocacy group.

The U.S. Department of Justice is targeting opioid manufacturers and distributors who use false, deceptive, or unfair marketing to promote dangerously addictive drugs. The DOJ intends to recover the costs of treatment and providing for the public’s safety. The Justice Department will also be filing a Statement of Interest in a lawsuit that includes hundreds of plaintiffs against the drug’s manufacturers and distributors.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has had a busy first year as one of President Donald Trump’s earliest and most committed supporters, one who now leads one of the most powerful departments in the federal government.

President Donald Trump donated his third quarter salary on Thursday to the Department of Health and Human Services, which will use the money to empower local partners and launch a campaign to battle the opioid epidemic in America.

President Donald Trump announced that he planned to declare the national opioid crisis a “state of emergency,” allowing the release of federal funds to help combat the alarming rate of overdose deaths and addictions. “I’m saying officially right now it

A bill that would reduce drug felonies to misdemeanors for first-time possessions of small amounts of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, and other hard drugs passed through the Oregon state legislature on Thursday and is likely to be signed into law by Governor Kate Brown.

Amid the epidemic of heroin and opioid overdoses ravaging American communities California Assemblywoman Susan Talamantes Eggman (D-13) is proposing taxpayer-funded medical oversight of heroin addicts to be sure they do not inject too much of the drug when taking it.

Here is some promising news about the nation’s much-ignored drug disaster: On Tuesday, President Donald Trump confirmed that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will head up a national task force to combat the deadly opioid epidemic.

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana – The number of newborn babies who have been exposed to drugs and alcohol in Louisiana has tripled since 2008, mostly due to the massive rise and popularity of heroin being trafficked into the state through the U.S. southern border.

MTV is launching a documentary unit called MTV Docs, and the network’s first one-hour documentary will see Macklemore interviewing President Obama in Prescription for Change: Ending America’s Opioid Crisis.

The Islamic State (ISIL/IS) is eradicating Afghan opium and heroin production, a major source of revenue for their rival the Taliban, arguing that it is illegal, Voice of America (VOA) has learned from farmers of the illicit crop the eastern part of the country.

Representative Bob Dold (R-IL) promoted “Lali’s Law,” to “increase access to an overdose antidote called naloxone” during Saturday’s GOP Weekly Address. Transcript as Follows: “In the suburbs of Chicago, somebody dies from using heroin every three days. And every single one